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I never understood why liberals thought they could emulate the conservative propaganda methods with any success.

This is true. Conservative propaganda consists of reporting the news, something that the leftist media doesn't do. OTOH, they had to do something, since liberal propaganda is increasingly getting tuned out. CNN and MSNBC are tanking, the major left-wing newspapers are hemorraging readers, advertisers and revenues, and NPR wouldn't exist without massive infusions of taxpayer cash.

I don't think liberals find hyperbole, tribalism, and shouted rage all that entertaining.

Aside from their sick fantasies of rounding up Conservatives and turning this country into a NAZI Wunder land, it's hard to find what liberals think is funny. As for the "hyperbole, tribalism, and shouted rage," we only need wade through the tons of garbage offered up by the liberal MSM to mine for fools gold such as Herr Olbermann, Chrissy Tingle Matthews, etc. Your pretending that this is mainly on the Conservative side is not unexpectedly dishonest. You have learned well from your masters.

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.C. S. LewisDo not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. (Are you listening Barry)?:mad:Ayn Rand

"Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings..." Patrick Henry

John Stewart is satire (mostly directed at the Media but I digress). It is a form that liberals would like. Also, other than Iowahawk, it is a form that conservatives just cannot seem to accomplish.

Chris is just porn and not really that successful. Maddow and those other guys no one watches except for a few who need their bias stroked like the weak minded that nod their heads to Rush Limbaugh's ranting.

CNN is not liberal no matter how often you repeat it.

And if you think Beck is the only one ranting, you need to broaden your experience. I listen to Levin almost daily and his entire show is a rave.

Glad to see that your not too saddened to present your preferred news sources as the epitome of fairness and balance.

Originally Posted by Arroyo_Doble

John Stewart is satire (mostly directed at the Media but I digress). It is a form that liberals would like. Also, other than Iowahawk, it is a form that conservatives just cannot seem to accomplish.

On television, certainly, but for the obvious reason that the networks will not air conservative satire. A recent exception, the Goode Family, lasted six episodes before ABC pulled the plug, but not before they'd moved its time slot several times, just to make sure that it didn't catch on with an audience. And, besides Iowahawk, there are lots of conservative satirists out there. Mark Steyn, PJ O'Rourke, Hope & Change Cartoons, Day by Day and, of ccourse, Rush Limbaugh.

Originally Posted by Arroyo_Doble

Chris is just porn and not really that successful. Maddow and those other guys no one watches except for a few who need their bias stroked like the weak minded that nod their heads to Rush Limbaugh's ranting.

Chris, Maddow and the others consider themselves journalists, while Rush does not. If anything, he is the entertainer while the others are ranters who make a pretense of being journalists.

Originally Posted by Arroyo_Doble

CNN is not liberal no matter how often you repeat it.

CNN is quite liberal, no matter how often you deny it.
It was founded by Ted Turner, who is somewhere to the left of Lenin. During the both Iraq wars, they acted as Saddam's mouthpiece, even allowing one of their journalists, Peter Arnett, to go on Iraqi TV and announce that the US had lost the war. They have produced stories that slandered the US military, using false data, and repeatedly shown us in the worst possible light, the most glaring example of which was their story on Operation Tailwind, a complete fabrication. Their former head of programming, Eason Jordan, accused US forces of targeting journalists for execution in Iraq. Their anti-US bias is obvious to anyone not blinded by ideology.

John Stewart is satire (mostly directed at the Media but I digress). It is a form that liberals would like. Also, other than Iowahawk, it is a form that conservatives just cannot seem to accomplish.

Chris is just porn and not really that successful. Maddow and those other guys no one watches except for a few who need their bias stroked like the weak minded that nod their heads to Rush Limbaugh's ranting.

CNN is not liberal no matter how often you repeat it.

And if you think Beck is the only one ranting, you need to broaden your experience. I listen to Levin almost daily and his entire show is a rave.

Tell you what. Pick any Limbaugh subject and post it here. Instead of slinging some made up pooh from the grandstand, get specific and we'll explore the topic, the comments of Limbaugh, and the merits of the discussion. Until then, your reflexive defense of the LIBERAL MSM is pathetic.

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.C. S. LewisDo not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. (Are you listening Barry)?:mad:Ayn Rand

On television, certainly, but for the obvious reason that the networks will not air conservative satire. A recent exception, the Goode Family, lasted six episodes before ABC pulled the plug, but not before they'd moved its time slot several times, just to make sure that it didn't catch on with an audience.

That is tinfoil. Just like the kind of DU talk about radio prior to Air America (even after in some cases). If it would make them money, they would do it in a heartbeat. I don't care how often The Simpsons makes fun of Fox, that network isn't going to kill a cash cow. Same with Southpark (although that is more libertarian than conservative in the modern sense ... which is pretty much Jesus, Guns, Israel and fuck you asshole, I want my tax cut).

I am suggesting the possibility that GotNews.com might be a hoax or troll site making @#$% up. I based that comment on the PJMedia article I linked, whose description and quotes from the killer's FB...